New windows will re-open file several times in Gnome

[andypillip]

Thanks so much for the Flatpak version! It's the preferable option to unzipping or installing apt.

When trying to open a new window from the Gnome dock (right click > New Window), the already open file will be opened in a new window, resulting in several instances of Typora editing the same file. Especially on several workspaces, opening several instances for different files becomes quite cumbersome.

I guess we'd need to add a [Desktop Action new-window] to the .desktop file, since the default Exec key with %U should probably not be used to open new windows.

It's just that I cannot find any documentation on launch parameters for the binary.

[syco]

Hi, I don't have the same problem in kde, this might be relevant only to gnome users. However, I can easily push this following desktop file. Please let me know if you think this would solve the issue.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Typora
Comment=A minimal Markdown reading & writing app. Change Log: (https://typora.io/windows/dev_release.html)
GenericName=Markdown Editor
Exec=typora %U
Icon=typora
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=Office;WordProcessor;
MimeType=text/markdown;text/x-markdown;

[Desktop Action new-window]
Name=Open a new Window
Exec=typora

[andypillip]

Thanks. No, I'm not sure. Somehow I don't manage to get that action to work.

Also, with the default installation there is some weird delay after opening a new window, that shows a spinner in Gnome's top bar. If the application was not running before, it's starting without a dock icon. Only after the spinner settles (after several seconds), the icon appears.

[syco]

I don't know about this, new windows still have the same problem. However, the File -> New Window and Ctrl+Shift+N work as expected, this is clearly something obscure related to flatpak.